Metair (MTAJ)

Metair Investments Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and retails automotive components, batteries, and related products in South Africa and Romania. The company operates in two segments, OEM Direct Component Manufacturing and Aftermarket Parts and Retail. It offers wiring harnesses, instrument cluster/combination meters, and moulded parts; automotive, solar, and industrial batteries; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and climate control systems, air cleaners, wiper and washer systems, radiators, reserve tanks, charge air coolers, compressors, engine control units, air conditioning pipes and hoses, cooling modules, radiator fan shrouds and condensers; electronic control units and starter motors; and hydraulics and brake pads, discs, and shoes. The company also provides coil and leaf springs, stabilizer, and torsion bars; headlights, taillights, reflectors, and plastic injection mouldings; front end modules, shock absorbers, and struts; automotive wire and PVC insulated copper; and chrome plating, body colour painting and assemblies, and interior and exterior trim components. In addition, it engages in the distribution of auto parts, spares, and car accessories; provision of other braking components, as well as backup, standby, and charging systems; battery distribution networks; and vehicle maintenance and replacement services. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, individual consumers, workshops, fleet operators, and independent resellers under the AutoZone, QSV, Move Workshops, ATE Retail, Smiths Manufacturing, Automould, Auto Plastics, Supreme Spring, Lumotech, Unitrade, Hesto, and Rombat brand names. It exports its products to Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1948 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.